Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hertl, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2005.
• Edition: Second, revised and enlarged edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Dermatology.; Rheumatology.; Ophthalmology.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.

 Autoimmune disorders of the skin remain an enigma for many clinicians and scientists not familiar with these mostly severe and chronic diseases. The book provides an overview and the latest information on the broad spectrum of cutaneous autoimmune disorders for clinicians, scientists and practitioners in dermatology, medicine, rheumatology, ENT, pediatrics and ophthalmology. The book is unique since it presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis and management of these disorders provided by the world experts in the field. The primary intention is to broaden the understanding of the pathophysiology of cutaneous autoimmune disorders and to provide a practical guide to how to identify and handle these conditions. The book is illustrated with many tables, illustrative figures and clinical color photographs. The second edition has been extended by chapters on autoimmune pigmentary disorders (vitiligo), hairloss (alopecia areata) and cutaneous symptoms of rheumatic disorders. 

 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Disorders -- Pemphigus -- Bullous Pemphigoid: Clinical Features, Diagnostic Markers, and Immunopathogenic Mechanisms -- Dermatitis Herpetiformis Duhring -- Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita -- Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease -- Scleroderma -- Localized Scleroderma -- Progressive Systemic Scleroderma -- Epidemiology of Autoimmune Skin Disorders -- Lupus Erythematosus -- Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Subacute Cutaneous and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- Dermatomyositis -- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease -- Sjogren’s Syndrome -- Psoriasis Vulgaris and Arthopathica -- Chronic Urticaria as an Autoimmune Disease -- Lichen Planus, Lichenoid Eruptions and Cutaneous Graft-Versus-Host-Reaction -- Small Vessel Vasculitides -- Vitiligo -- Alopecia areata -- Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Autoimmune Skin Disorders.